JURIST

JANUARY 17, 2024

The UK’s House of Commons passed a bill to declare Rwanda a safe country by 320 votes to 276, seeking to bypass the courts to implement the government’s plan to send some asylum seekers to pursue their claims in Rwanda. Conservative MPs who voted against the bill include Jenrick and former Home Secretary Suella Braverman.

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JURIST

APRIL 12, 2024

The Supreme Court of Canada found Friday that the government acted dishonestly when it reneged on an 1877 treaty to an Alberta indigenous community and allowed for declaratory relief. The post Canada Supreme Court rules declaratory relief may be appropriate in First Nations treaty dispute appeared first on JURIST - News.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 13, 2023

The Supreme Court of Canada ruled by a 5-2 majority Friday that the federal government’s Impact Assessment Act (IAA) and its accompanying regulations are partially unconstitutional, as they empower the federal government to create environmental regulations that should have been within provincial jurisdictions.

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JURIST

MAY 27, 2021

The Federal Court of Australia ruled Thursday that the Minister for Environment, Sussan Ley, and the wider government, has a duty of care to protect Australia’s youth from the climate crisis.

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JURIST

APRIL 9, 2024

A Norwegian court Tuesday acquitted Indigenous activists who refused to pay their fines for blocking entrances to government buildings during a protest. The court held that the police who issued the fines to the protestors acted unreasonably.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Motor vehicle owners were required to submit photographs of their odometer to the Victorian State Government each year. The post Australia High Court rules against electric vehicle tax appeared first on JURIST - News. cents, with plug-in hybrid electric vehicles being prescribed 2 cents. Non-plug-in Hybrid vehicles were exempt.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Tokyo’s High Court found the government of Japan not liable Tuesday for damages related to the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster and associated mass evacuations, leaving responsibility solely with plant operator the Tokyo Electric Power Co. There is also a 2022 court case that found TEPCO executives personally liable.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 23, 2023

The Hong Kong High Court ruled against Jimmy Lai in his challenge against the court’s jurisdiction to hear the charge of conspiracy to sedition on Friday. The post Hong Kong court rules activist Jimmy Lai’s conspiracy charge within time limit appeared first on JURIST - News.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

.” She also stated: Cabinet confidentiality both enables the proper functioning of responsible government by promoting collective ministerial accountability to the legislature and affords the executive the operational space it needs to function effectively.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The Australian Government passed new legislation on Wednesday relating to the detainment of migrants on public safety grounds. This comes mainly as a response to the recent High Court rulings in Australia that made it illegal for the government to detain migrants indefinitely if they cannot be extradited to their home nation.

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JURIST

JANUARY 18, 2024

Affirming the District Court’s earlier ruling, Judge Don Willett of the appeals court emphasized the plaintiffs’ fundamental interest in “selling books without being coerced to speak the State’s preferred message—the ratings.” This is a good day for bookstores, readers, and free expression.”

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JURIST

JANUARY 24, 2024

Even in states that limit law enforcement’s ability to keep assets obtained through civil asset forfeiture, they may still be kept through the federal Equitable Sharing Program , which allows the federal government to share proceeds from civil asset forfeiture with local law enforcement.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

The UN expressed concern Monday over the UK government’s action to make the Rwanda deal operational. ” He warned of the negative human rights implications, stating: The combined effects of this bill, attempting to shield Government action from standard legal scrutiny, directly undercut basic human rights principles. .”

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JURIST

JUNE 8, 2023

The US Supreme Court ruled Thursday in Dubin v. United States that in order to constitute aggravated identity theft, the use of a person’s identity must be at the “crux” of what makes the conduct criminal, reversing a lower court decision. The government also applied a sentence enhancement under 18 U.S.C.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Law 406 replaced Law 9 of February 26, 1997, which had previously governed Panama’s interactions with mining companies operating at Cobre Panamá. Law 9, which had granted unrestricted mineral exploitation rights with royalty payments pegged at 2 percent, was declared unconstitutional by Panama’s Supreme Court in 2017.

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JURIST

JUNE 7, 2023

The case resulted from Bryan Range’s appeal from the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Hardiman authored the opinion of the court. The court ruled that under new US Supreme Court precedent from New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. Circuit Judge Thomas M.

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JURIST

JUNE 24, 2023

The US Supreme Court ruled Friday in US v. Justice Amy Coney Barrett, writing for the majority, criticized the lower court ruling , which called the law “overbroad,” saying: Properly interpreted, this provision forbids only the intentional solicitation or facilitation of certain unlawful acts. .

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JURIST

JANUARY 31, 2024

The law has frequently been used as a weapon to crack down on political dissent, opposition parties and activists critical of the government within the country. They insisted that the ruling would have problematic consequences for both democracy and the monarchy in the future and would make the functioning of government more difficult.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

State governments auction allowances to operators of fossil fuel power plants. Fossil fuel power plants are obligated to purchase allowances from state governments to offset the power plant’s emissions. The post Pennsylvania court rules state cannot tax carbon without legislative approval appeared first on JURIST - News.

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JURIST

MAY 10, 2023

Circuit Judge Karen LeCraft Henderson authored the opinion of the court. The court ruled that Khadr waived his right to appeal his convictions in his pretrial agreement with the federal prosecutor on his case. He was charged with murder, attempted murder, conspiracy, supporting terrorism, and spying.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The US Department of Justice filed an appeal on Friday with the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit challenging a lower court ruling in July blocking new applications to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

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JURIST

APRIL 28, 2022

But in Wednesday’s decision, the court described the practice as “discriminatory and harmful to the identity” of the child. Specifically the court said the tradition violated both the Italian Constitution as well as the European Convention on Human Rights.

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JURIST

APRIL 22, 2022

In an 8-1 decision, the US Supreme Court Thursday ruled that Congress does not have to provide Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits to residents of Puerto Rico. The decision impacts the residents of Puerto Rico and other US territories who are applying for government benefits. ” The appeals court affirmed.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

The Canadian government announced Friday it would file an appeal of a Federal Court judgement that found it acted illegally when responding to Freedom Convoy protests in 2022. ” If the appeal is accepted, the case will be heard again in the Federal Court of Appeal. .”

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JURIST

JUNE 5, 2023

The EU Commission referred Poland to the EU Court of Justice in February over a series of rulings by Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal that the Commission claimed violated EU rule of law policies. The post Top EU court rules against Poland in judicial independence case appeared first on JURIST - News.

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JURIST

MAY 2, 2022

The Government also contended the ambit of judicial review on the present matter, and the court clarified that it can decide an issue if: It violates articles of the Constitution; It dehors the provisions of the Act and the regulations; The delegatee has acted beyond its power of delegation; or.

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JURIST

JUNE 22, 2023

The US Supreme Court ruled Thursday that an 1868 peace treaty between the US government and the Navajo Tribe does not require the government to secure water access for the tribe. In a 5-4 ruling in Arizona v. The case revolves around language within the Navajo Treaty of 1868.

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JURIST

JANUARY 11, 2022

He further ordered that the Australian government pay Djokovic’s legal fees. In a signed affidavit, Djokovic described an understanding that his application for the Temporary Visa was approved in December because the Australian government agreed that his illness with COVID-19 within the prior 6 months qualified as a medical exemption.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 19, 2024

Share The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that a lawsuit filed by an Oregon man who was placed on the No Fly List can go forward even after the government has removed him from the list and pledged not to return him to it “based on the currently available information.” This article was originally published at Howe on the Court.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 16, 2022

He was found to have been a member of the Communist Party of India, recognized as a terrorist organization by the Indian government, and subsequently convicted under anti-terrorism laws. ” The post India Supreme Court rules human rights activist must remain imprisoned appeared first on JURIST - News.

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HowAppealing

JULY 20, 2023

“Federal court rules in favor of Dante Mullinex’s grandmother in free-speech case”: Mike Argento of The York Daily Record has this report. Aimee Ambrose of The York Dispatch reports that “ Court sides with grandma over D.A. ” You can access yesterday’s ruling of the U.S. .”

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JURIST

JULY 4, 2023

COURT RULES the creation of 50 Chief Administrative Secretary (CAS) positions did not comply with the Constitution. If so many members the general public are against the establishment of the office of CAS, then why does the government still continue to advocate for it?

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

The Ontario Court of Appeal (ONCA) ruled Monday that the governments of Canada and Ontario have broken a pair of 1850 treaties with the Anishinaabe peoples by capping the annual payment at a few dollars per year in exchange for a large area of the northern part of Ontario.

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JURIST

JUNE 27, 2022

The US Supreme Court Monday ruled that the US government must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that a doctor knowingly prescribed opioids “in an unauthorized manner” in order to secure a conviction for the illegal distribution of controlled substances. In the case of Ruan v.

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JURIST

AUGUST 14, 2023

According to the court: The MEPA Limitation is unconstitutionally contributing to the depletion and degradation of Montana’s environment and natural resources and contributing to Plaintiffs’ injuries. More rulings like this will certainly come. This is a huge win for Montana, for youth, for democracy, and for our climate.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

The Scottish Parliament does not have the unilateral power to call a second independence referendum in the country, the UK Supreme Court said in a judgement published here Wednesday morning. Today’s ruling blocks one route to Scotland’s voice being heard on independence – but in a democracy our voice cannot and will not be silenced.”

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JURIST

JULY 28, 2023

The UK High Court ruled on Thursday that Secretary of State for the Home Department Suella Braverman must not exercise her new powers to restrict protection and support of victims of modern slavery without first considering the risks of re-trafficking.

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